Lydia Grigorieva (Ukrainian: Лідія Григор'єва, born 1945) is a Ukrainian poet who now lives in London. Her work has been widely translated and she has worked with the BBC World Service, Russian radio and television and the British Library.[1]
Also described as a "photo-artist", Grigorieva uses a synthesis of poetry and photography in her work. The premiere of her Photo-Poetry took place at the State Pushkin Museum in Moscow.[2]
In 2011 she took part in a seminar at the London Book Fair titled At the Crossroads of Culture: Russian Writers Living in London.
Grigorieva read her work for the British Library's Dual Cultures, Between Two Worlds: Poetry and Translation project which explores the work of poets living in the UK whose first language is not English.[3]
Films written by Grigorieva include:[1]
- Tsvetaeva in London
- Gumilev in London
- Skriabin in London
References
edit- ^ a b Watts, Stephen., ed. Mother Tongues: Non English-Language Poetry in England. London: King's College London, 2001, p.295. ISBN 0-9533824-7-8
- ^ Photo-Poetry by Lydia Grigorieva Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine GB-Russia Society News Archive, 4 April 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ Dual Cultures, Between Two Worlds: Poetry and Translation British Library Press Release 12 April 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.